• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 18.01

Description:
I'm using the file-02 to convert a MARCXML file to Aleph sequential (for loading with p_file_96), but the output file does not contain an "FMT" field.

Resolution:
p_file_02 creates an FMT field for the other types of input, but not for MARC/XML (type 6, program b_file_02_06_a/b).

This seems like a defect in p_file_02. It should generate an FMT for the MARCXML-format input as well.

As workaround, you can specify the fix_doc_create_fmt Fix routine in running p_file_96:

1. Add the following line to the abc01 tab_fix:

PM96 fix_doc_create_fmt

2. Run p_file_96, specifying "PM96" as the Fix routine you want to run.

Note: You should do this only if the input to p_file_96 is MARCXML.

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013